Calee's birthday cake!

This year Calee decided that she wanted a Little Mermaid birthday party. Our friend Stephanie Petersen, who is an awesome cake maker, made this cute Little Mermaid cake for Calee's Little Mermaid friends birthday party today. Calee loves it! Thanks Stephanie!!!

Carter gets his Arrow of Light!

Tonight was pack night and we couldn't be prouder of Carter. He has loved being Cub Scout and he has worked really hard this last year and earned all 20 of his activity badges in Webelos. He also earned his Arrow of Light award tonight. We are so glad that he has such a love for the scouting program. He is such a good boy and we just love him so much. Now he moves on from cub scouts to Boy Scouts!!!

 Carter performing magic tricks for everyone

Package from Japan!!!

Our kids were very excited to receive a package from their cousin Carlie, who is serving a mission in Japan. They couldn't wait to open it up and see what was inside. Carlie sent them each a letter and chopsticks. She also sent Calee a little puzzle, some stickers and coin purse filled with Japanese coins for her birthday. Our kids love Carlie so much and they miss her a lot. She is such a great example to our kids. We are so proud of her and for serving a mission.

ICE Storm of 2013

I don't ever remember having freezing rain and there being ice everywhere. We did today and this is what our driveway looked like. We could have put on our ice skates and played some ice hockey. It was crazy!

A few more b-day pics

Mcdonalds birthday lunch with Mom and Dad

 

helping Mom make birthday cupcakes

 

Ending the night with big sister reading on her kindle

Calee turns 5 today!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEE WE LOVE YOU!!!

We can't believe that our baby is 5 today!!! It seems like not too long ago we were bringing her home from the hospital as a brand new cute little baby girl. We just love our cute little Calee bug so much. She is so much fun and makes us laugh non-stop. We are so proud of her for doing so well in pre-school and in dance. She is such a good sister and such a good girl. Today was a fun day. She couldn't wait to get up and open some presents before getting ready for pre-school. After presents it was mini pancakes for breakfast. She got to take a birthday treat to school and of course she wanted to take sugar cookies. For lunch, I went and picked her up from school and she chose Mcdonalds. Tonight we had friends and family over for a birthday party for Calee. We made pink cupcakes and she got to open the rest of her presents.

Calee's field trip to PETCO

Today was Calee's pre-school field trip to the Petco pet store and she was very excited. It is probably one of her favorite field trips. Christy is allergic to all animals and can't go near pet stores, so I took a break from work and met her class there. We had a blast looking at all of the fish, reptiles, birds, and other animals. Calee loved the turtles and the hamsters the most. I love our Calee bug so much and am so glad that I was able to go and be with her today. I can't believe that she turns five next week and that she will be in kindergarten next year.